Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa): Bioinformatics Network (U41)

Post Date

August 23rd 2011

Application Due Date

December 2nd 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-RM-11-010

CFDA Number(s)

93.172
93.310

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations); African institutions are eligible for the awards: Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Organizations) are eligible to apply. Foreign (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are allowed.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $3100000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The purpose of this FOA is to call for applications to develop an H3Africa Bioinformatics Network by implementing innovative, cost-effective approaches to improving the connectivity among, and overall bioinformatics infrastructure in, all of the components of the H3Africa Consortium, including the H3Africa Collaborative Centers, research projects, and biorepository(ies); to fostering connectivity, interaction and coordination among African research groups working in genomics-based research on human disease and health across the continent; to promoting pan-H3Africa communication; to providing bioinformatics training of several types; to providing services and support to build bioinformatics capacity at African research institutions; to promoting computational skills among African researchers; and to developing new computational tools for genomics research in the African setting.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

• Agency Contact:

  NIH OER Webmaster
  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

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• Agency Email Address:

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• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-11-010.html